The Lane Provenance Tempranillo 2022
- 95
- $45
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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I admit to being surprised, nicely surprised. The more I tasted this Tempranillo, not a red grape generally associated with the Adelaide Hills, the more I enjoyed it. Once again, that ’22 vintage intensity in colour – black cherry-deep purple hues – was eye-catching. The Spanish grape is a classic variety with good reason. Here, it brings its strong fruit qualities to bear while retaining an elegance and poise. Great colour and a deep, spiced dark berry and cherry perfume melds into earth, dried leaves, licorice and pepper. What elevates this Tempranillo from some of the more rustic styles is the fineness of tannins which, in combination with more herbal and oak interplay on the palate brings good depth and balance. Everything is in its place.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
